In his first appearance for the Reds on September 16, Fiala got his one and only major league hit, a single against Mike Rowland of the San Francisco Giants. Fiala drove in one run with the hit, and scored another run later in the inning. Coincidentally, the player for whom he was pinch-hitting was Edelen.[1] His final appearance came 12 days later—again pinch-hitting for Edelen—when he struck out against Alan Hargesheimer.